Dear M and J:
On your fiftieth anniversary, we wish you the best.
In the sonnet that follows, we compare how a fifty years together reiterates an exercise routine.
Sonnet to a Rhyming Couplet
(1) The clothes dispose
The thought of pains and gains to come dictates
a style of dress well tailored to the chase.
(2) The warm-up
The stretch, the bend of first romances elevates
the blood-rush for the body’s first embrace
(3) The regimen
of repetitious sets of work and strain.
A moment’s rest and back to work once more.
(4) The cool down
One day. we cool, and leave the long campaign,
return to things we tended to ignore.
(5)The shower
We rediscover standing still to soak
in satisfactions of a healthy heart.
(6) The breakfast
A sigh while sitting with one’s gentlefolk
contains the glow that says you cannot part.
(7) The rhyming couplet at the end
A toast to M and J, our friends of old!
With lifelong exercise they’ve grabbed the gold.
© 1995 John F. Deethardt II
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